Max Unold

Max Unold Memmingen 1885 – 1964 Munich STILLEBEN MIT BÜCHERN Circa 1921/22. Oil on canvas. 50,2 x 65 cm (19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in.) Signed upper left: Unold. Not in the catalogue raisonné by Ruck. Cf. Ruck 185. - We would like to thank Mrs. Dr. Germaid Ruck, Leipzig for kindly providing additional information about the date.

MAX UNOLD (German, 1885-1964) Field Workers , 1920 Watercolor 11 x 17 inches (27.9 x 43.2 cm) Signed and dated lower left: Unold 1920 Estimate: $200 - $400. Unold, Max : . German painter, printmaker, 1885-1964 Condition Report*: Condition report not yet available. Please check back. *Heritage Auction Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Heritage regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact, and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Heritage. All lots offered are sold "AS IS".

MAX UNOLD (German, 1885-1964) Field Workers , 1920 Watercolor 11 x 17 inches (27.9 x 43.2 cm) Signed and dated lower left: Unold 1920 Estimate: $320 - $700. Condition Report*: Condition report not yet available. Please check back. *Heritage Auction Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Heritage regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact, and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Heritage. All lots offered are sold "AS IS".

Mittagsrast. 1927. Oil on canvas. 50,5 x 60,5cm. Signed bottom left: Unold. Craftman's frame. Provenance: Private possession Cologne Private possession Düsseldorf Exhibition: XIV. Exhibition of the Neue Secession München, Munich 1928, no. 321, fig. Literature: Germaid Ruck, Max Unold (1885-1964) und die Münchner Malerei, mit einem Werkkatalog der Ölgemälde, Memmingen 1992, C.R.-no. 243. The artist made several studies relating to this painting, which are enclosed in the sketchbook from ca. 1927. They are today preserved in the Unold Estate Memmingen. Apart from Alexander Kanoldt, Franz Radziwill and Georg Schrimpf Max Unold counts to the main representatives of the Neue Sachlichkeit . As a student of Moritz Heymann and Hugo von Habbermann (since 1908) he initially painted representionally according the tradition of Wilhelm Leibl and Wilhelm Trübner. Since 1910 he as well dealt with the style of Expressionism and was additionally from 1911 until 1913 influenced by the paintings of Paul Cézanne, whom he got to know in Southern France. Finally he entirely turned to the phrasing of the Neue Sachlichkeit . The motifs he found derive especially from the city and suburbian life: People in the café, on the beach, strolling around and being occupied with other leisure activities, or - as we see here - workers on their lunch break. In 1913 Unold was founding member of the Münchner Neuen Sezession and had, as their last president, to experience their dissolution enforced by the National Socialists. In 1927 he became professor on the Academy of Arts. After the war he was elected president of the Berufsverbandes bildender Künstler , Munich. Moreover he was also professor on the von Paish -Art School in Munich and, from 1947 until 1957, member of the Bavarian Senate. Unold held various honorary posts, amongst others he was member of the executive board of the German Unesco-Commission.

Mittagsrast. 1927. Oil on canvas. 50,5 x 60,5cm. Signed bottom left: Unold. Craftman's frame. Provenance: Private possession Cologne Private possession Düsseldorf Exhibition: XIV. Exhibition of the Neue Secession München, Munich 1928, no. 321, fig. Literature: Germaid Ruck, Max Unold (1885-1964) und die Münchner Malerei, mit einem Werkkatalog der Ölgemälde, Memmingen 1992, C.R.-no. 243. The artist made several studies relating to this painting, which are enclosed in the sketchbook from ca. 1927. They are today preserved in the Unold Estate Memmingen. Apart from Alexander Kanoldt, Franz Radziwill and Georg Schrimpf Max Unold counts to the main representatives of the Neue Sachlichkeit . As a student of Moritz Heymann and Hugo von Habbermann (since 1908) he initially painted representionally according the tradition of Wilhelm Leibl and Wilhelm Trübner. Since 1910 he as well dealt with the style of Expressionism and was additionally from 1911 until 1913 influenced by the paintings of Paul Cézanne, whom he got to know in Southern France. Finally he entirely turned to the phrasing of the Neue Sachlichkeit . The motifs he found derive especially from the city and suburbian life: People in the café, on the beach, strolling around and being occupied with other leisure activities, or - as we see here - workers on their lunch break. In 1913 Unold was founding member of the Münchner Neuen Sezession and had, as their last president, to experience their dissolution enforced by the National Socialists. In 1927 he became professor on the Academy of Arts. After the war he was elected president of the Berufsverbandes bildender Künstler , Munich. Moreover he was also professor on the von Paish -Art School in Munich and, from 1947 until 1957, member of the Bavarian Senate. Unold held various honorary posts, amongst others he was member of the executive board of the German Unesco-Commission.